Common IB Internal Assessment Mistakes

Common IB Internal Assessment Mistakes. There are a number of mistakes that students make when writing their internal assessment. The first mistake is writing about something that their teacher does not want to read. The teacher at school is the one who grades the internal assessment. This is why it is called internal, because it is graded internally inside the school. This teacher is a person, and like all people, they have preferences and tastes. There will be some things they want to read and other things they do not. Since they are the ones giving the grade, our job is to keep them happy. We want to write the thing that they want to read. So, talk to your teacher and ask for their feedback. Show them potential research questions and ask if they have a suggestion or something that they would like to read.

The Most Common Mistakes Students Make on Their IB Internal Assessment

A second common mistake is trying to pick something that is way too hard. There can be very good and challenging questions, but the answer to those questions can involve very complicated math that is well out of the range of IB math. We want to make sure that we pose a research question that is hard, but mostly answerable with IB math. And if you go a little bit further than IB math, that’s fine, but you cannot go too far into university level math. That will make it too hard for you and the internal assessment will not be good.

Another very dangerous and common mistake can be to contract another person to write your internal assessment. Your teacher will most likely be able to see that you did not write yours, and that can be very dangerous because they can fail you and expel you from the IB program for academic dishonesty.

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